Muhammad Ibrahim Kamel (6 January 1927 – 22 November 2001) was an

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and politician.

Biography

Kamel was born on 6 January 1927. He studied law at

Cairo University Cairo University () is Egypt's premier public university. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. It was founded on 21 December 1908;"Brief history and development of Cairo University." Cairo University Faculty of En ...

and graduated in 1947. He and

Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until Assassination of Anwar Sadat, his assassination by fundame ...

, later

President of Egypt The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt () is the executive head of state of Egypt and the de facto appointer of the official head of government under the Egyptian Constitution of 2014. Under the various iterations of the History of the Egypt ...

, were both jailed due to their alleged role in the assassination of

Amin Osman Amin Osman, also known as Amin Osman Pasha, (28 November 1898–5 January 1946) was an Egyptian judge and politician who served as finance minister in the period 1943–1944. He was assassinated by Hussein Tawfik, who was connected with the Egypt ...

, former finance minister, in January 1946. Kamel entered the Egyptian diplomatic service in 1956 and served as ambassador to

Zaire Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-la ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

and

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

. Kamel succeeded

Ismail Fahmi Ismail Fahmy () (2 October 1922 – 21 November 1997) was an Egyptian diplomat and politician. He served as ambassador to Austria (1968–1971), tourism minister (1973), foreign minister (1973–1977) and deputy prime minister (1975–1977). He ...

as the

minister of foreign affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...

in December 1977 when Fahmi resigned from the office. He was appointed to the post on 24 December 1977 and served as foreign minister until 16 September 1978 when he also resigned from the office. As foreign minister, he took part in the

Camp David Accords The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David, the country retre ...

, but resigned without signing the treaty. Kamel was married and had two sons. He died on 22 November 2001 at the age of 74.

Works

Kamel published a book entitled ''The Lost Peace of The Camp David Accords'' in 1984.

References

External links

Camp David Accords: A Testimony by Sadat's Foreign Minister

20th-century Egyptian politicians 1927 births 2001 deaths Cairo University alumni Ambassadors of Egypt to Sweden Ambassadors of Egypt to West Germany Ambassadors of Egypt to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministers of foreign affairs of Egypt Iron Guard of Egypt Egyptian prisoners and detainees Egyptian politicians convicted of crimes 20th-century Egyptian diplomats {{Egypt-politician-stub